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Loading... Pigs in Heaven (1993)by Barbara Kingsolver
 RBeffa | Apr 29, 2013 |  Better than I expected, but a light read chalk FULL of symbols and motifs. A good book for high school level students for that reason. About Taylor and her adopted daughter Turtle (a Cherokee) and Alice, Taylor's mother, and their search for meaningful family and connections. Good introduction to Cherokee traditions and history, too (though somewhat idealized). A quick but enjoyable read. Jax is my favourite character and I was disappointed he's not in the end of the book. (  ) LDVoorberg | Apr 7, 2013 | Had I read this on its own, it would probably have gotten three stars. But as a sequel to The Bean Trees, I was very disappointed in it. It continues the story of Turtle and Taylor, but this time they're on the run from the Cherokee nation. The Cherokee have noticed that Turtle is being raised by someone NOT Cherokee, and they apparently have laws about that kind of thing. Taylor's actions don't seem real. I didn't get lost in this book; I was aware the entire time that this was just a book and that's why the actions of the characters sometimes seemed forced. And I really couldn't stand the Cherokee lawyer who was trying to track them down. Bottom line: Read The Bean Trees and stop. (  )1  JG_IntrovertedReader | Apr 3, 2013 | Read this so very long ago. Ran across them recently. Loved ( ) BONS | Jul 2, 2012 | Another great Kingsolver novel. ( ) silva_44 | Mar 22, 2011 |
 The case for community is so one-sided and the outcome so predictable that the reader begins to suffocate in all the sweetness. You begin to cringe at treacly lines like "Heaven's on down the trail a little bit" and "I oftentimes have communication problems with my heart." Ms. Kingsolver is oftentimes a talented, funny writer in "Pigs in Heaven," but after a while you begin to wish she would invent a Hell, Okla., and make a case for living there, too.  Barbara Kingsolver's terrific new novel, "Pigs in Heaven," picks up where her highly acclaimed first novel, "The Bean Trees," left off. In this heart-twisting sequel, her feisty young heroine, Taylor Greer, is faced with the possibility of losing her 6-year-old daughter, Turtle.
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060922532, Paperback)A phenomenal bestseller and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for fiction, Pigs in Heaven continues the story of Taylor and Turtle, first introduced in The Bean Trees. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:52:10 -0500) Brings together Taylor, Turtle and Alice from "The Bean Trees" together with a new cast - Jax, Barbie Sugar Boss, Oklahoma and Annawake Fourkiller. When six-year-old Turtle witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, her insistence, and her mother's belief in her, leads to a man's rescue.… (more) |
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This book is quite a bit longer but it didn't engage me as much as the first. The majority of things revolving around the young Cherokee lawyer just didn't interest me. Her character put me off.
There are a couple of seemingly unrelated people and story lines that come together towards the end. This is still a good read but it was missing that "something special" charm for me. (